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Re:Java Rebel - On the fly class reloading by stephen on Wednesday October 14, 2009 @10:33AM (#881365)
I should stop being stubborn and try this--I've been holding out that Sun would just add this to the JVM itself, but that seems fairly unlikely:

http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=4910812

Ironically, the IBM JVM has the best support for hot code replacement--you can add methods without restarting, IIRC.

Re:Java Rebel - On the fly class reloading by wallflower on Wednesday October 14, 2009 @10:27AM (#881347)
FYI: To support the Scala community, ZeroTurnaround offers a a free licensed version of the Scala version of Java Rebel with the Lift (Scala-based web framework) installer.

http://www.zeroturnaround.com/scala-license/

Re:Java Rebel - On the fly class reloading by authentic on Wednesday October 14, 2009 @12:14PM (#881577)
I stopped after "JEE development, though challenging and exciting"